Truck attachment for sleighs.



No. 800,720. PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905.

J. M. GLOSSON.

TRUCK ATTACHMENT FOR SLEIGHS. APPLIOATION FILED 00w. 1?. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT UFFTCE.

JOHN M. CLOSSON, OF HOOSICK FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOBERNARD McOUSKER, OF TROY, NEWV YORK.

TRUCK ATTACHMENT FOR SLEIGHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed October 1'7, 1904. Serial No. 228,883.

To all whom, it natty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. GLossoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hoosick Falls, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York,have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Truck Attachmentsfor Sleighs', of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in side elevation, partly in section,of a sleigh provided with my improved truck attachment, shown in anelevated position. Fig. 2 is asimilar view with the attachment in alowered position, adapted for supporting the sleigh upon the wheels ofthe truck. Fig. 8 is a View in rear elevation of the sleigh andattachment, as shown in Fig. 1, with the upper portion broken away. Fig.4 is a side view, on an enlarged scale, of an adjustable bracket formingpart of the truck-frame containing a bearing for the axle or shaft onwhich the wheels are mounted. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the sametaken on the broken line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a cross-section takenon the broken line 6 6 in Fig. 2, illustrating the manner in which theend of the truck-frame bracket is supported against lateral movementwhen the truck is lowered. Fig. 7 is a side view, on an enlarged scale,of the mechanism for raising and lowering the truck and for locking thesame in a raised position.

My invention relates to truck attachments resents the box or body of thesleigh, mounted upon runners 2 by means of the knees or braces 3 in theusual manner.

The sleigh may be propelled in any known manner, as by means of thepush-handle 4:.

Fixed upon the under side of the box or body by means of screws are apair of hangerplates 6, each having depending ears 7, provided withpivot-apertures and having forwardly thereof a pair of depending lugs 8.

The truck comprises a pair of wheels 9, mounted upon a shaft or axle 10,which is supported in bearings in apair of brackets 11, each of which ispivotally connected with the pair of depending ears on one of saidhangerplates, said plates being so arranged that the pivotal connectionsare in axial line with each other transversely of the sleigh box orbody. The brackets 11 are similar in construction and are in the generalform of a bell-crank, and the forward end of each bracket is so formedthat it is adapted when the truck is lowered to a position to cause itswheels to project below the plane of the runners to abut upon the underside of its supporting hangerplate and to occupy a position between andsupported by the pair of lugs 8 on said plate, as shown in Figs. 2 and6. Theconstructiou described permits the truck to occupy either theraised position, (shown in Fig. 1,) in which the wheels are above theplane of the runners, or the lowered position, (shown in Fig. 2,) withthe wheels below the plane of the runners adapted to support thevehicle, and when in the latter position it will be seen that thetruck-frame is firmly braced against twisting movement by the engagementof the forward end of its angle-levers with the hanger-plate and thelugs 8 8 thereon. I have shown the shaft or axle of the truck connectedwith a link 12, which passes through a slideway 13, mounted upon therear end of the sleigh-body, which link is provided with a notchedportion 14:, adapted to interlock with the outer wall of the slideway,as shown in Fig. 2, to further brace and support the truck-frame whenlowered. The truck may be operated in any known manner. 1 have shownmeans for operating the truck comprising a hand-lever l5, pivoted in abracket 16, fixed by means of screws upon the back of the sleigh-box andconnected by link 17 with the upper end of link 12 in such a manner thatby swinging movement of the lever 15 the truck-frame can be raised orlowered, as desired. The truck may be supported in raised position bythe engagement of the lever with the notched portion 18 of the bracket16, the end of said lever connected with said bracket being slotted toreceive the bracket 16, said bracket being provided with an elongatedaperture 20 for the connecting-pivot adapted to permit such lost motionas may be necessary to seat the lever in and unseat it from the notchedportion 18.

My invention is particularly adapted to form an attachment for slcighsof various kinds, the mounting of the attachment upon the sleigh beingaccomplished wholly by the use of screws.

To facilitate the use of my invention with sleighs of dillerent heights,I prefer to make the brackets 11 adjustable in length, as by making thesame in two parts capable of sliding adjustments one upon another, oneof said parts being provided with a slot 21, adapted to receive theshank of a screw inserted therethrough into a screw-threaded aperture 22in the other member and provided with a lock-nut 23. bracket may beaccomplished in any known manner.

The adjustment of themounted upon the under side of the sleighbody,comprising in part an angle'lever; a pair of lugs depending from thebottom of the sleigh-bod y adapted to receive therebetween one end ofsaid angle-lever; and a Wheel mounted upon the other end of saidanglelever.

2. The combination with the body and runners ot' a sleigh; of ahanger-plate attached to the bottom of the sleigh-body having a pair ofcars and a pair of lugs depending therefrom; a truck't'rame bracket inthe form of an angle-lever pivotally connected with said ears, andhaving one end adapted to enter and lit between said lugs; and a wheelmounted upon the other end of said lever.

3. The combination with the body and runners of a sleigh; of a pair ofhanger-plates attached to the bottom of the sleigh-body in line witheach other transversely thereof, each having a pair of cars and a pairof lugs; a pair of truck-frame brackets each in the form of anangle-lever pivotally connected with the cars on one of saidhanger-plates, and having one end adapted to enter and lit between saidlugs thereon; a shaft or axle mounted in the other ends of saidbracket-levers, and wheels mounted upon said shaft or axle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN M. CLOSSON.

Witnesses:

DENNIS HALL. W Aurnn P. HALL.

